Erinnerung an das Feuer Eine Reise durchs indigene Lateinamerika

In the organizer's words:

Concert & Reading
Memory of the fire

A journey through indigenous Latin America

Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, Aymaras, Mapuches - only a few names of the great cultures still have a special ring in the ears of Europeans today. Who were these people who were despised because of the color of their skin, their culture and their traditions?

At their universities, they taught the structure of our solar system, golden skull plates bear witness to complicated surgical procedures, representations carved in stone give an idea of the rich culture of these peoples, for whom gold was a gift from the earth, which they worked artfully in order to be able to worship their gods with its beauty and purity.

In his new program, Patricio Padilla, singer-songwriter from Chile, brings this "other America" back to life with his ensemble "Sol del Sur". He interprets his songs on authentic musical instruments such as the charango and trutruca.

The interplay of selected texts from the trilogy "Memory of the Fire" by E. Galeano, staged by Matthias Paul, reveals the richness of indigenous Latin America in terms of poetry, music and joie de vivre.

Patricio Padilla has lived in Heidelberg for many years. After the military coup in Chile in 1973, he was forced to go into exile and processes his experiences musically in his rich repertoire.

Performers: Patricio Padilla (vocals, guitar), Friederike Fießer (flute), Rodolfo Lehnebach (violin), Diego Longo (percussion), Matthias Paul (reading), folk dance group "Alma Latina"

"Sol del Sur" is a member of the Freie Theaterverein Heidelberg e.V.